Happy Birthday to Shahid Afridi. He was born on 1st March 1977. Afridi’s father’s name is Sahabzada Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi. He belongs to a domestic Sufi Pir family. His nickname was Boom Boom Afridi in World Cricket.

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Afridi Domestic Career

He was included in the Pakistan national team after the Under-19 Championship starting from the 1994–95 season. At the same time, playing for Karachi White House in the next season, He played an important role in winning his team the title by taking 42 wickets at an average of 9.59. Soon after that season, Boom Boom Afridi played in the National Championship for Karachi White House against England A and West Indies Youth.

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International Career

He played his first match against Kenya on 2 October 1996. Did not get a chance to bat in his very first match and went without taking any wicket in bowling. Where in his next match he made history by scoring a century in 37 balls in his first international innings and also made the record for the fastest century. Afridi hit 11 sixes in this innings.

Afridi’s Controversies

Apart from this, in an interview with BBC Urdu in the year 2016, Afridi gave a controversial statement saying that there is a shortage of talent in Pakistan, which was also opposed a lot, but later he said in his clarification that there is talent in Pakistan but there is no competition between the players. For this statement of his, the PCB had also issued a notice against him.